A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Stick a fork in it: Dell is done. >> PandoDaily Farhad Manjoo: In a week and a half, Dell will announce its second-quarter earnings results. Expect a bloodbath. In the first quarter, back in May, Dell gave the market a goose egg--analysts had expected Dell's revenue and earnings to fall from a year ago, but the company slumped way worse than people were guessing it would. Shares tanked, and they haven't recovered. Analysts aren't expecting anything stellar this time--Dell said its outlook was weak--but I suspect Dell could deliver another shock, presenting numbers that will begin to confirm a permanent downward trend. But even if Dell slightly beats the whisper number, its bigger problems will remain: Dell is running out of options. How YouTube will escape Google's new pirate penalty >> Search ...